This curriculum guide explains the national health care skills standards and lists skill standards for health care technicians, especially in Michigan. The 10 sections of the guide cover the following: (1) introduction to the national health care skills strands; (2) allied health technologies multiskilled curriculum framework and program design options; (3) overview of multiskilling and the health care work force; (4) the multiskilled health care core curriculum; (5) the multiskilled patient care technician curriculum; (6) multiskilled patient care technician advanced skills curriculum; (7) phlebotomy curriculum; (8) basic electrocardiography curriculum; (9) patient care technical competencies; and (10) a bibliography that contains 24 references. (KC)